February 12, 2002
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Gang of Four EP
12inch / various / Plastic Records
This is not an EP by the band Gang Of Four. It is a compilation of four songs from four different labels (put out on a fifth record label).
[read more] ---Carl -
Guided By Voices
5xCD / Box / Scat Records
This set compiles the band's first four (impossible-to-find) albums from 1987-1990 and adds an extra CD of previously unreleased material from 1988-93.
[read more] ---Peter L -
The Hives
7inch / 'Main Offender' b-w 'Lost And Found' & 'Howlin' Pelle Talks To The Kids' / Big Wheel Recreation
Includes 2 new tracks: a cover of The Saints' 'Lost and Found' and 'Howlin' Pelle Talks to the Kids' (Howlin' Pelle is their singer). The a-side is taken from Veni Vidi Vicious.
[read more] ---Peter L -
Koop
CD / Waltz For Koop / JCR (Jazzanova Compost Records)
Koop receive the cooperation of several great vocalists on this very vocal oriented disc with a strong 70's Polish Jazz sound. Yukimi Nagano sings on 'Summer Sun' a lot like the Polish jazz artist Eva Bem.
[read more] ---Carl -
Nettle
12inch / Bin Scrape Laden / Soot
Though this is 'difficult music' it is worth the effort. If you've got an open mind and want something new (guaranteed) I'd say give this a shot.
[read more] ---Carl -
Archival Series Volume One
3inchCD / various / The New England Electric Music Company
Artists: Tom Dissevelt/Gershon Kingsley/Percy Grainger/Pierre Boulez/Joan LaBarbaraVolume One of the archival series of 3' cds is by far the most varied of the three Archive series that I have heard so far. There are 4 much shorter tracks - but also there is the most tension conveyed.
[read more] ---Patrick R -
Archival Series Volume One
3inchCD / various / The New England Electric Music Company
Artists: Bernard Parmegiani/Wlodzimierz KotonskiVolume Two of the archival series of 3' cds is the most coherent of the three Archive series that I have heard so far. There are 2 long tracks which mix seamlessly.
[read more] ---Patrick R -
A Rocket in Dub
12inch / 'Rocket No. 3' b-w 'Rocket No. 4' / Italic
The music of A Rocket In Dub is more organic that other electronic dub (like Pole). You can hear bongos and guitar in the tracks. The end feel is very calm.
[read more] ---Carl -
Artist Unknown
CD5 / Errorist / Disko B
Artist Unknown are a duo from Berlin. On this 5 song EP they have one new song ('Errorist') and four remixes of separate songs. The whole thing sits very well as a package, and the 5 songs are quite good.
[read more] ---Carl -
Elektronische Musik -Interkontinental
CD / various / Traum Schallplatten
A relaxing listen - well worth checking out for a fine chill. There's not a clinker in the bunch and I have to say Traum really have it going on.
[read more] ---Patrick R -
Interpol
CD5 / 5 Song EP
They're a 4 peice band that sound heavily influenced by the likes of Joy Division and possibly, a bit by My Dad is Dead. Their songs and some of the guitarwork contain similarities to some of the more rocked up Bedhead songs but replacing the world-weary deadpan-ness with more melody and emotion.
[read more] ---Brian C -
In The Beginning There Was Rhythm
CD / various / Soul Jazz Records
There is something so universally affirming in the spirit of these songs that so many of us consider sacred that I think gets overlooked because these bands form the backbone of our own musical identity. Rather than stand and fight, like many of their punk forefathers, the artists on In The Beginning choose rhythm as their rifle.
[read more] ---Donny M -
Neil and Iraiza
CD5 / Wasted Time / Escalator
'Wasted Time' is the latest E.P. by Gakuji Matsuda (Cubismo Grafico) and Hirohisa Horie under the name Neil and Iraiza.
[read more] ---Teresa C